Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-22
DAKOTA
Report Of Gov. Cnurch--Credit of the Ter.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of Population.

ritoIy--increase Of Population.
BISMARCK, Oct. 14.-The annual report o
Gov. huron to tn secretary OF the inierlo
is nearly ready Tor transmission 10 Washing
ton. l. IS a lengthy document, aud contain
much information that will be OF value t,
people both In the territory and In other por
lions OF the c)untry. Among the important
points are his recommendations as to an ir
crease In the judiciary, his reference 10 tn,
Sioux reservation, his ConmcDts on divlsi,,
and the admission of the territory. He rec
ommends two additional judges. He indorsel
the Dawes bill and hopes that II may pas
and the great reservation be opened up, fl
part at least. Ga the division question h,
takes no stand pro or con, beyonC
the suggestion that sem, actor should
be taken whether it. be division
or statehood or admission without division
Dakota is, he thinks, entitled to the right Il
make her own laws and enjoy something more
than LIE legislation peculiar to a territorial
form Of government. He does not oppose dI
vision or say anything that is Objectionable tt
liz vi ~ ilIChhE Vi auIUlSSIOI
without division. An interesting portion o
tnis report is the statement from treasure
Raymond.
This report shows the total bonded indebt
edpe.s OF the territory Ut this date to bt
8 l,C9s. 800, expended In building and furnish
ing the following public institutions:
Insane hospital ut Yankton, size. 300; deal
sity of north Dakota, $74, 000; university O
south Dakota, SIS, 700; penitent iAry at Siou,
Fails, $44 800; penitcntiary at Bismarck, SO =,
600; agricultural college at ~Brookings, ST.,
500; insane hospital at Jane TOW SEQ, 600
normal SCHOOLS, Madison, $40, 400; school OF
mines, Rsp,d CITY, $50, 1900; reform school,
PlankingteR, $50, 600; normal school, Spear
fsh, 5000; ~refunding bends to refund 8 PEI
c-Dts. into four and a half and hve-twentie~,
$4,000.
Iii speaking Of the general credit % the
territory, the treasurer says:
The highest bids for bosds auth jrized by
the last Legislature was par and hit,-two hui
dredths OF ] per cent. premiums. Five-sixtss
of the bonds sold draw ~ pss cent. interest
the balance, 5 per cent, subject TO the option
clause to redeem In five 20 ten years. This
clause was a great hir drancei In the sale OF the
bonds. This tact, coupled with the other
fact, that Dakota 80 still a territory and the
date Of admission into the Union uncertain,
"seS iuNee"'e oNciAy CauliouS' lhis 1imiui'y
ex tied I'm spite Of our showing that we had
81, $40. 0cJ assets for every 81, 600 we owe. !
MAKE lie prediction when Dakota becomes a
state Tint 3 per cent. bonds will cell more
rcadily than the ~ per cents. did We have
conclusive proof that her credit is better than
many OF the states and rich municipalities OF
the East. Even 81. Paul, with ell her resources
aud moneyed power, sold her Az per GEN..
b nss about the same time at l3. 100 per cent.
less premium than territorial bonds. The as,
sessed valuation is reported at over 1857 900,
coo, as against 1882 600, 600 in 1856.
The wheat crop is given as the largest In
the history of the territory, approxtmating
g., 000,C COO bushels, and the population on the
bass OF the United States lane Office and
other figures showing about 80, 900 new people
for the twelve months.